In the modern world, it is becoming increasingly more important to become sustainable as a business for a plethora of reasons which cannot be missed out on. Year on year more emphasis is being pushed onto businesses to think green and because of this In 2022 sustainability became one of the biggest worldwide trends available for businesses to utilise.
Wild Thang are very proud to announce our support towards the iconic site, Strawberry Field.
The tourist attraction is owned by the Salvation Army, which they use the profits from the visitor experience to keep the gates open permanently and to support Steps at Strawberry Field, a set of initiatives for people with disabilities or other employment challenges. Of course, this is such a fantastic cause, and we are very happy that we can help.
STRAWBERRY FIELD
In September 2019, Strawberry Field, the famous location immortalised by John Lennon in the Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever," first welcomed visitors via its recognisable red gates.
Through their exhibition, you can learn about the history of the iconic site; including stories from the former children’s home and about how John came to write the famous song. The site now serves a unique addition to Beatles tourism.
The site holds an interactive visitor exhibition, a café, a shop, and quiet garden places for spiritual reflection.
Entry to the cafe, shop and gardens is free. If you would like to purchase tickets to their visitor experience, they can be booked in advance by following the link at the bottom of our page.
THE WORK OF STRAWBERRY FIELD
The site is home to Steps to Work programme for young adults with learning challenges and other hurdles to employment.
All proceeds from the exhibition, café and shop go towards supporting the Steps at Strawberry Field programmes, which cater to those who face obstacles to employment such as learning disabilities. There is more information if you follow the link at the bottom of the page.
WILD THANG SUPPORTS STRAWBERRY FIELD MOUNT TOUBKAL TREK
We are proud to announce that we will be donating branded hoodies for their Mount Toubkal Trek on the 3rd – 7th August 2022 free of charge. Lesley from Strawberry Field came for the full Wild Thang tour and we were able to hear about all the amazing work Strawberry Field do. Lesley had actually been completing her regular training in line for the trek taking place in August that morning, this team means business!
They are aiming to raise £2500 each for the Strawberry Field’s Step to Work Programme.
It costs £10,000 for one trainee to go through the Steps to Work programme; and with all of your support, the fantastic team at Strawberry Field can continue the work they do to help more and more people achieve their dreams of paid employment.
MOUNT TOUBKAL
This once in a lifetime adventure will allow the trekkers to take on the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and summit its highest peak - Mount Toubkal.
All of us at Wild Thang wish the team good luck on their fundraising and the trek they will be completing in August.
If you would like to find out more about how you can support their fundraiser you can click on the link below.
MOUNT TOUBKAL TREK TEAM 2022 HOODIE
STRAWBERRY FIELD IN ACTION
Please don't forget, if you have any printed clothing requirements please do not hesitate to get in touch. Our team of experts are ready to help, with expert advice and knowledge.
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St. Hilda’s Church of England High School is located in Sefton Park in Liverpool, where approximately 40 members of staff participated in fundraising over £10 000 for a fantastic charity called Sunflowers Liverpool. Wild Thang are proud to have been able to give them a special discounted rate, free setups and provide that free design service to support this great initiative.
SUNFLOWERS LIVERPOOL BASED IN DINGLE, LIVERPOOL
1 in 2 of us are affected by cancer in some sort of way, so you can understand why a charity like Sunflowers is so important for our community. The charity is a unique support service to help individuals and families affected by a cancer diagnosis or other life changing illnesses in the Merseyside region. All their services are delivered by a qualified team, specialised and experienced in helping people coping with long-term illness.
TEAM ST. HILDAS IN ACTION EN-ROUTE TO WALES
The staff of St. Hilda’s started their challenge bright and early at 5:45am, where they followed a planned route in small relay teams from the school all the way to Wales, and then to top it off they finished with a celebratory walk up Moel Famau!
ST HILDA’S IN THEIR BRANDED HOODIES
As you can see for yourselves, they are all kitted out in some high quality hoodies branded in house by our print experts that we were told gained lots of attraction during the day. Those around spotted the teams while on their travels and many donated to the cause, collecting up to a whopping £400!
GAYLE SHOWING OFF THE EYE-CATCHING DESIGN
Team Wild Thang are very proud to have been the suppliers of these branded hoodies but to top it off our talented design team were praised for their skills as they had designed the eye-catching logo spotted on the front.
ST. HILDA’S TEAM AT THE TOP OF MOEL FAMAU
Hoodies have been found to be a popular choice in branded clothing recently, and as you can see, the team looked great! If you have any printed clothing requirements please do not hesitate to get in touch. Our team of experts are ready to help, with expert advice and knowledge.
ST. HILDA'S LIVERPOOL TO WALES RELAY TEAM HOODIES DESIGNED AND BRANDED BY OUR WILD THANG EXPERTS
St. Hilda’s Just Giving Page is still live and you can have a look by visiting one of the links below.
Wild Thang are proud to support BTR Road Runners who organise and stage the Medal Muddle 5K events. The event returned in April after an enforced break, which took place on the Wirral in Hoylake.
This year round, the profits from the event on the 23rd of April went towards the Ukrainian Emergency Appeal.
If you did not already know, BTR Road Runners found that there were always surplus t-shirts and medals at the end of races. These would then accumulate and either be thrown out or donated to good causes. Now these surplus items are repurposed, rebranded and then presented to all those that take part in the race.
Not only are the events raising funds for great causes, but also the idea behind the Medal Muddle 5K is truly a great tackle on sustainability and resource management within the race category.
How could Team Wild Thang not want to get involved?
We take you behind the scenes with our Screen Print experts, displaying the free rebranding we provided for the t-shirts used on the day also see below link that highlights all are fascinating branding capabilities we provide at world class Wild Thang.
As an organisation, we are committed to supporting and encouraging others to create a sustainable future, so we will be continuing to support this great and innovative initiative now and in the future.
BTR are a fantastic company the support the running community by organising and delivering world class race events & BTR Road Runners are holding their second Medal Muddle event on Wednesday 13 July, which you can find out more by clicking the link below.
Please remember if you do have any requirement for branded t-shirts or merchandise, simply get in touch as our team are here ready to help with expert advice.
Wild Thang look back on the challenges and successes since the first lockdown, so we have chosen 12 pictures along with a small description that sum up our company journey over the past 12 months and create a snap shot of highs and lows timeline.
It has without doubt been the most challenging year in our company’s history but we were determined from the very start to make sure it was not going to define us as a team or company, and that we at Wild Thang would not only survive, but thrive.
We are incredibly proud as a company and as a team that we continued to try and make a difference in our community both personally and as a business. Our NHS awareness and fundraising campaign was our highlight and really gave us something positive to focus on with the belief as a team that we could all make a difference to not only Wild Thang but also making sure those NHS heroes knew they would never walk alone.
A big thank you also has to go to the clients that have continued to require our services, placing their faith in Wild Thang to continue to deliver, and of course our team who have adapted and thrived with the back drop of the challenges and impact the pandemic has had both at home and in our work place. We appreciate every challenge you have all over come.
With infection rates falling and the vaccine rollout having a real impact hopefully we can look forward to the future with new hope, confidence and ambition that a return to normality is on the horizon.
Now that our world class development is virtually complete we have never been in a better position to deliver World Class branded clothing, merchandise and print to our amazing clients across the UK and beyond, we can’t wait to give you the official tour. Even though we know there will be continued challenges the sky really is the limit, we truly believe we can make 2021 the start of a new positive era at Wild Thang, and make it our best year ever.
1) Lock Down Begins For Wild Thang.
23rd March and our company lockdown begins, no-one could imagine that the pandemic would still be impacting our lives 12 months on. While our sales like everyone else’s fall off a cliff edge we focus on making sure we create a robust continuity plan that will protect our team and the community. We have never worked as hard to put all the new procedures in place to make sure we survived and thrived as a company.
2) Team Wild Thang Social Distancing T-Shirts sent out to our Amazing Team.
While our sales, studio staff and part of our production staff are working from home we still wanted to make sure we kept in touch with our amazing team so what better way than to send them a t-shirt, which we produced in house of course.
3) NHS T-shirt Initiative launched.
We launch our T-shirt Campaign to let them NHS heroes know they will never walk alone whilst also promoting social distancing. For every t-shirt purchased we will donate 50% to NHS Charities OR a t-shirt to an NHS hero in their fight against the virus. The reaction to the campaign is fantastic and we feel really proud as a team we are making a difference.
4) Further ISO success For Wild Thang.
Even though we have been working remotely because of corona virus that was never going to stop Wild Thang from making improvements, even in incredibly challenging circumstances. We are immensely proud as a team to announce the award of ISO 27001, which now creates a trio of ISO standard certifications at Wild Thang.
5) NHS T-shirt Campaign completed and reported.
We were incredibly proud of what we achieved as a team at Wild Thang to try and make a difference and received orders from across the UK and Internationally, plus a few celebs purchased and were happy to get involved in our campaign. We were happy to report that we sold over 370 t-shirt’s and dispatched from WT HQ. The feedback, social interaction and encouragement was immense, but the highlight was from Ellie Orton, CEO of NHS Charities Together who commented “Well done for all the support you are giving to NHS charities, this is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing with us, we really appreciate it. Thank you so much for your support to NHSCT and our members. I love the videos and selfies they are great.”
6) Liverpool FC finally lift The Premier League trophy after a 30 year wait.
While we have been a branding partner with LFC for many years this this was an incredibly special moment to say that Wild Thang have branded the first team’s kits and accessories for the Champions of England.
7) Wild Thangs world class development is getting closer.
Even with the impact of the pandemic our building contractors are flying towards the final external phases which includes full cladding to our west wall, and importantly the window knock through which will give natural light into our production space. We are getting excited to show prospect clients, suppliers and partners the finished build! The sky is the limit.
8) Wild Thang creates a little bit of history.
It was a special moment to visit the Museum of Liverpool and see the new exhibition which documents the effect Covid-19 has had on our region with our NHS campaign T-shirts featured, and the positive impact that companies and individuals have had. Curator Kay Jones and the team have done a wonderful job putting it together, it was so nice to see our own NHS awareness t-shirts and other merchandise we have produced form part of this important curation.
9) Salford Red Devils compete in the Challenge Cup Final.
Wild Thang are incredibly proud of the club and honored to be their Official Merchandise and branding partner, along with Kappa, supplying the highest quality kit. Salford Red Devils unfortunately lose out by the narrowest of margins at Wembley.
10) We lost a true friend and mentor coach, John Haynes.
John became an integral part of our company family helping Wild Thang and all our employees to learn to fly with the eagles over many years. We will never forget the positive impact he had on us all as individuals and as a company. John had unwavering commitment over the past four decades to raise aspiration and confidence in each individual that has been mentored by him and The International Coaching Academy. John was rightfully posthumously awarded the Freedom of the City of Liverpool & will always be in our hearts and minds.
11) Wild Thang invest over £120k in new state of the art DTG branding machinery.
This will dramatically increase our in house DTG print capacity and prepare us for future growth. As a company and country it’s been a tough year, but we have a dynamic mindset that won’t allow us to standstill, but push forward to be the best we can be and this will add to our world class branding offer.
12) Wild Thangs long awaited Practical Completion is agreed for our new World Class development!
Whilst like many companies sales may have been reduced in 2020, it has not reduced our optimism and determination to make 2021 the start of a new era and our most successful ever. It’s due to our teams commitment that our development is now completed which places us in our strongest position ever to deliver one world class solution and as always we are here to help with expert advice to solve any branded clothing, merchandise and print puzzle. Four years in the making and we can’t wait to give you an official tour, when it’s safe to do so in 2021, and get you all involved in the official showcase launch later in the year.
If you need some expert advice on some World Class Branded Clothing, Merchandise or Print to help with your 2021 bounce back please don't hesitate to get in touch.
